English Explanatory Dictionary

syntropy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tendency towards complexity, structure, order, organization of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns. Originally coined as a synonym for negentropy
  2. The coalescence of two diseases into one.
  3. A wholesome association with others.
  4. A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).

Word forms

syntropy

Etymology

By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.

Related words

entropy extropy negentropy monopathy

Derived words

syntropic
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